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Re:Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a ... by gruez on Monday December 15, 2025 @01:54PM (#46278685)

>Since police are part of the law, when they don't hold their own accountable, there's no recourse. And that's a real problem.

I don't see how this is a relevant factor for the two cases I mentioned. Sure, it's bad that are part of the justice system, and therefore you can't use the justice system to correct their misbehavior, but you're not going to involve the justice system for incompetent teachers, or not enough doctors being admitted. For all intents and purposes the dynamic is the same.

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Re:Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a ... by thatcat on Monday December 15, 2025 @02:40PM (#46279381)

Teachers and doctors may abuse their authority, but there is a sharp legal limit to what they can get away with.

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Re:Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a ... by ethbr1 on Monday December 15, 2025 @03:50PM (#46280442)

There are sharp legal limits to what cops can get away with: they've just historically been unenforced by government prosecutors and/or juries.

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Re:Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a ... by AngryData on Monday December 15, 2025 @06:51PM (#46282723)

Those limits don't seem very sharp if they are rarely enforces.

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Re:Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a ... by mrwrong on Monday December 15, 2025 @02:58PM (#46279644)

you are definitely going to start involving the justice system if teachers and doctors start physically abusing people, illegally detaining them and killing them!

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Re:Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a ... by roywiggins on Monday December 15, 2025 @09:55PM (#46284215)

that is unfortunately less true that you might think for some students:

https://www.propublica.org/article/garrison-school-illinois-...

https://www.propublica.org/article/shrub-oak-school-autism-n...

https://autisticadvocacy.org/actioncenter/issues/school/clim...

https://www.the74million.org/article/trump-officials-autism-...

"Selected Cases of Death and Abuse at Public and Private Schools and Treatment Centers"

https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-09-719t.pdf

> Death ruled a homicide but grand jury did not indict teacher. Teacher currently teaches in Virginia

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/area-special-ed-tea...

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Re:Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a ... by shadowgovt on Monday December 15, 2025 @02:32PM (#46279276)

> incompetent teachers

I'm not really talking about incompetence, and incomptenece isn't the largest issue in the category of "things that make people say ACAB."

https://www.wtrf.com/top-stories/teacher-charged-with-sex-cr...

I am not at all joking when I make the claim that police committing sex crimes is a problem that is frequently swept under the rug by both police internal affairs and the judicial system.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/08/daniel-holtz...

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